JENKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

JENKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

PowerSchool User Guide

for Parents

J E N K S P U B L I C S C H O O L S

PowerSchool User Guide

for Parents

205 East B Street Jenks, OK 74037

Phone 918.299.4415

Extensions: High School: 2225 Freshman Academy: 2269 Alternative Center: 2420 Middle School: 5300

Table of Contents

Understanding PowerSchool Parent Portal with Single Sign-On ........ 1

Introduction ..................................................................................... 1

Let’s Get Started ............................................................................. 1

Creating Your PowerSchool Parent Portal Account......................................... 1

Navigation Bar ................................................................................................. 4

Main Menu ....................................................................................................... 5

Printer Icon ...................................................................................................... 6

Work with the Main Menu ................................................................ 6

Grades and Attendance ................................................................................... 6

Grades History................................................................................................. 7

Attendance History .......................................................................................... 7

Email Notifications ........................................................................................... 8

Teacher Comments ......................................................................................... 8

Balances .......................................................................................................... 8

Demographic Change ...................................................................................... 9

School Information ......................................................................................... 10

Account Preferences ..................................................................................... 10

Quit PowerSchool Parent Portal .................................................. 11

P A R E N T P O R T A L U S E R G U I D E

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Understanding PowerSchool Parent

Portal with Single Sign-On

The Power of the application comes from understanding what it can do and how it can help you participate in your child’s education.

Introduction

owerSchools Parent Portal is a tool integrated into the PowerSchool Student

Information System (SIS) specifically developed for parents and students. This

application includes the Parent Single Sign-On feature. This is designed for parents who

have multiple students attending Jenks Public Schools. Parent Single Sign-On offers a

number of benefits, including:

access to multiple students with one login

a personalized account for each parent and guardian

the ability for parents/guardians to retrieve their own login information

Let’s Get Started

To get started, you must create your PowerSchool account and attach students.

Creating Your PowerSchool Parent Portal Account

efore you can log in to PowerSchool Parent Portal, you will need to create your

account and associate students to it. You should have received a letter from your

student’s site with your students Access ID and Access Password. These values are

needed to attach a student to your account. If you do not have this information or

have questions, contact your student’s site.

NOTE: The Access ID and Access Password for your student should be

protected. Only provide this information to individuals who need to monitor

your student’s progress.

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PROCESS STEPS SCREEN SHOTS

Launch a web browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, or FireFox) and go to PowerSchool Parent Portal URL: powerschool.jenksps.org/public (NO www at the beginning) If this is your first time to this screen you must click to setup your account and get started. If you have already created an account enter your user name and password and click


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Creating an account requires 2 steps: creating the actual account and linking student to the account. Create Account

Enter the following:

First Name

Last Name

Unique Email account

Unique login name

Password Link Students

You must know the students access ID and access Password to link them. Enter the following to make the link:

Students name

Access ID

Access Password

Your relationship Once all information is entered click on

When your account is successfully created you will see this page. Use the user name and password you entered in the previous step to login to the parent portal.


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Navigation Bar

he navigation bar appears at the top of the PowerSchool Parent Portal start page,

and is common to every page in the application.

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PowerSchool Logo – Click to

return to the start page

Student – Select between

students by clicking on name

Main Menu – Contains links to PowerSchool

Parent Portal functions. For more

information, see Main Menu below

Logout – Click to log

out of PowerSchool

Parent Portal.


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Main Menu

he main menu consists of several icons within the navigation bar and includes

links to the following features:

FIELD DESCRIPTION

Click to view student grades and attendance for the current

term. For more information, see Grades and Attendance.

Click to view student grades for the previous term. For

more information, see Grades History.

Click to view attendance history for the current term. For

more information, see Attendance History.

Click to set the e-mail notifications you wish to receive on a

regular basis. For more information, see Email

Notifications.

Click to view any teacher comments. For more information,

see Teacher Comments.

Some courses at KCTC require fees, click to view fee

transactions. Not used for KTC. For more information, see

Balance.

In an effort to go paperless, we will no longer be sending

profile packets for parents to fill out and return. All

demographic information will now be updated using the

parent portal. For more information, see Demographic

Change.

Click to view information about the schools. For more

information, see School Information.

Use this feature to update account information and

add/delete student associations. For more information, see

Account Preferences.

Additional options may be added as needed.

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Printer Icon

n the navigation bar, under the main menu is a printer icon. Click this

icon to print the current page for your records.

Work with the Main Menu

Read this section to understand the basics of working with the main menu.

NOTE: You do not need to complete the activities in any particular order, but you should be

familiar with all of them.

Grades and Attendance

se this page to view the grades and attendance for the student in the current

term. The legend at the bottom of the page displays the attendance codes and

their meanings.

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Snap-shot of last 2

weeks attendance

To view information for dropped classes, click Show

dropped classes also

To view grade detail, click a grade in the term column.

The Class Score Detail page appears.

To send an email to the teacher, click the name of the teacher. To use this function, your web browser

must be properly configured.

To view attendance dates click on the Absences or

Tardies number.


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Grades History

se this page to view quarter and semester grades for the student for the current

term. As with the Grades and Attendance screen, clicking the grade in the %

column will open the Class Score Detail Page.

A caret (^) indicates score is exempt from final grade. An asterisk (*) indicates an

assignment is not included in final grade.

Attendance History

se this page to view attendance records for the student in the current term. The

legend at the bottom of the page displays the attendance codes and their

meanings.

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Email Notifications

f you wish to receive information about your student’s grades, attendance, and

assignment scores, use this page to set up you e-mail preferences. You can specify

which information you would like to receive, how often you would like to receive the

information, and where to send the e-mail.

Teacher Comments

se this page to view any comments that teachers entered regarding items such

as the student’s achievement or behavior.

Balances

se this page to view fee transaction information for the selected student. This

page will only have information for students enrolled in a class that requires a

fee be paid for class materials. If you are not able to access this page, contact the

school for balance information.

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Demographic Change

se this page to update your demographic information for each student. You will

be able to see the information currently on file with the school and only need to

make changes where needed. Be sure to hit Submit once all changes have been

entered.

NOTE: The electronic signature area is legally binding and should be reviewed and

answered with care.

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School Information

se this page to view basic school information

Account Preferences

se this page to change account login information and add/delete student

associations. To add additional students to this account you will need to know

the students access ID and access password. Edit user name and password by

clicking on the icon

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Quit PowerSchool Parent Portal

hen finished working in PowerSchool Parent Portal, it is important to log out of the

application. You can log out of PowerSchool Parent Portal from any page in the

application.

To log out, click in the upper right corner of the screen.

NOTE: If you are not actively working in PowerSchool Parent Portal, your session may

timeout. If so, you need to log in again.

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